"The Spirit who broods over the primordial waters descends on Jesus in the waters of the Jordan and names him 'Beloved.' That same Spirit then drives him out into the wilderness, the wild and wasteland (Mark 1:12)."

"From the very beginning, God has been fully present to everyone and everything in this world. And God is still with us because the Spirit of God still "hovers" and "resonates" over and around and in us all."

"Today's lectionary reading is the first five verses of the chapter,
but as a confession, it should be heard as a full piece. Heard in
this way, it confirms that God is indeed great and the creator of
all things."

"One could easily get bogged down in the
cosmology, in the order of creation, in all the details, but that is
somewhat losing the forest for the sake of the trees. Instead, from
a homiletical standpoint, the most proper approach to this text is
to speak like the text."

"At the heart of the creation story in Genesis 1,
and in God's life-giving gift of sabbath, are patterns of ebb and
flow, and of repetition. These rhythms of grace recommend practicees
of prayer that will help us to reclaim sabbath keeping."

“At The Dawn of Your Creation” an original hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette, based on Creation story in Genesis 1, Palm 8 and the call to care for creation. Tune: HYMN TO JOY 8.7.8.7 D (“Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee”).